Watch: Pirates star Andrew McCutchen records 2,000th career hit

He’s simply the 294th participant in league historical past to achieve it, and is certainly one of solely 5 lively gamers with at the least 2,000 hits. He joins Miguel Cabrera, Joey Votto, Nelson Cruz and Elvis Andrus on that record.

Los Angeles Dodgers first basemen Freddie Freeman can also be closing in on that mark with 1,990 hits getting into play on Sunday.

It’s becoming that McCutchen was in a position to attain that milestone as a member of the Pirates after spending the majority of his profession, together with his greatest years within the league, with the franchise. McCutchen’s arrival in Pittsburgh through the 2009 season began a gradual climb for the staff that noticed them finish a 20-year streak of dropping seasons and return to the playoffs through the 2013 season. 

McCutchen helped lead the Pirates to a few consecutive playoff appearances, completed within the top-five of the Nationwide League MVP voting in 4 consecutive seasons (one thing no Pirates participant had ever finished earlier than him) and received the award through the 2013 season.

It was all an enormous accomplishment given the state of the franchise for almost twenty years and made McCutchen an iconic participant in Pittsburgh for serving to to revitalize baseball within the metropolis. 

The Pirates traded him to San Francisco after the 2017 season and he spent the following few years bouncing between the Giants, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers.

He returned to Pittsburgh this season on a one-year deal and has been an enormous a part of the staff’s shocking climb to the highest of the Nationwide League Central Division by the primary two-plus months of the season. He might not be the celebrity, MVP finalist he was throughout his peak years however he’s nonetheless a really productive participant. 

That has been a welcome sight for Pirates followers. Particularly seeing him attain a big profession milestone of their uniform.